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WARREN WIERSBE | "TEMPTATION" | BARRIERS ERECTED AROUND US TO KEEP US FROM SINNING | SERIES 2/3 | Alpha English Sermons | YouTubeToText
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foreign [Music]
we're looking together at James chapter
one and we're discovering the four
barriers that God has erected
to keep you from sinning
the first barrier that we discovered is
in verses 13 through 16 it's the barrier
of God's judgment
James is saying look ahead and see the
consequences the consequences of
suffering and sorrow and death
lust or desire when it conceives brings
forth sin and sin when it is full grown
bringeth forth death
there is a sad consequence even to
forgiven sin
God forgave David's sin but David
suffered David paid for it until the
very day of his death does God do this
because he is mean of course not God
does it because he is just and faithful
the same law that says if you sow
blessing you'll reap blessing says if
you sow sin you'll reap death
God's laws are not going to change
God in his grace forgives us but God in
his government must permit the laws of
this universe to operate
and whether you like it or not my friend
we reap what we sow
and so as you are tempted as the devil
dangles the bait before you he offers
you something so wonderful and so
alluring look beyond the bait to the
consequences loss of joy
death to your testimony a killing of the
of the character within and possibly
physical death
in verse 17 of James chapter 1
he gives us the second barrier against
sin and Temptation it's this God's
goodness James 1 17. every good gift and
every perfect gift is from above and
cometh down from the Father of Lights
with whom is no variableness no
variation neither Shadow caused by
turning the goodness of God
Satan comes to you and he questions the
goodness of God now you know that
you remember that last time you were ill
oh you had so much to do the family
needed you and and you were lying there
ill perhaps you're in the hospital
surgery perhaps there was an auto
accident and Satan said oh if God loved
you this would never have happened
if God were really good this wouldn't
have happened he said this to Eve
he came into the garden and he said
yea hath God said
that you shall not eat of every tree in
the garden
and Eve said well we we may eat of every
tree of the garden she left out a word
God said you may freely eat
she forgot the free goodness of God
and he said oh he said you won't surely
die because God is holding out on you
God knows that if you eat of this tree
you're going to become like God
and eve took the bait first there was desire
desire
and then there was deception and then
there was disobedience
and then there was death
that whole process is spelled out in
verses 14 and 15 but he questioned the
goodness of God
now he did the same thing to the Lord
Jesus when he tempted him in the wilderness
wilderness
our Lord had been fasting for 40 days
and 40 nights and he was hungry
Satan came to the Lord Jesus and he said
well how come you're hungry
your father spoke from heaven and said
this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased
pleased
now if you are his beloved Son why are
you hungry
maybe Satan has said to you if you're
God's beloved child why did you lose
your job
why do you have that handicap why did
your baby die
Satan comes to us and he questions the
goodness of God he said to the Lord
Jesus you have power to turn these
stones into bread why don't you do it
feed yourself and of course the Lord
Jesus resisted him
you see you and I must be very careful
not to blame God
now he tells us in James chapter 1 and
verse 13 let no man say when he's
tempted I'm tempted of God
for God cannot be tempted with evil
neither tempteth he any man
God is good now this is one of the basic
doctrines of the Bible our God is a holy God
God
and as a holy God he cannot do evil nor
will he solicit anyone to do evil
the Lord is good his Mercy is
Everlasting his truth endures to all
generations my friend God is good no
matter how you feel
you say well I just don't feel like God
is good to me wait a minute if you go by
your feelings you're going to be in
trouble God is good the Bible teaches that
that
every good gift comes from above every
evil offer
the bait on the hook comes from below
from the devil so don't blame God God
knows what he's doing
and God promises us all things are
working together for good you're facing
some Temptation I don't know what it is
a young person listening right now may
be facing a tremendous Temptation you're
looking for a shortcut to achieve
something and this and the devil has the
bait before you and I say to you you
don't need the devil's substitutes
God is good now just consider how good
God is verse 17 of James 1 tells us he
gives only good gifts
Jesus said one day if you men who are fathers
fathers
hear your son asking for an egg you you
wouldn't give him a scorpion if he comes
and asks for some bread you wouldn't
give him a stone
now if you being evil know how to give
good gifts to your children how much
more shall Your Father in heaven give
good things to them that ask him God
will never give you anything that will
harm you
now sometimes God permits things that
hurt us my doctor has hurt me he's never
harmed me
sometimes people who are very near to me
people I love very much have hurt me but
they've not harmed me the Book of
Proverbs says faithful are the wounds of
a friend but the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful nothing God ever gives you
will create evil unless you listen to
the devil
now James also tells us that the way he
gives is good
may I retranslate verse 17 every good
giving that means the way that it's done
and every perfect gift is from above the
way God gives his gifts is good
now I have seen people give gifts to
other people in a very off-handed way
sometimes in a rude way God never does that
that
not only are God's gifts good but the
way he gives them is good now when you
and I try to get these things in our own
way scheming plotting planning we create problems
problems
the verse also tells me that he gives constantly
constantly
every good giving and every perfect gift
is from above and keeps on coming down
you see God is generous now the devil
doesn't want you to believe that he
comes with his baited hook he comes with
his baited trap and he said I'm giving
you something God will never give you
and we look at those enticing baits
and God says to us wait a minute look
around and see God's goodness he gives
only good gifts the way he gives is good
and he gives constantly and he never changes
changes
now Satan changes Satan is Devious he
likes to lurk in the shadows he has ways
of changing he's a masquerader
but God doesn't do that God is
consistent and God is constant and God
is changeless
and James is saying to us how can you
sin against God's goodness
Book of Romans Chapter 2 tells me that
it's the goodness of God that leads men
to repentance what was it that awakened
the prodigal son his Madness well he
admitted I'm perishing with hunger
but that wasn't what really awakened
that boy it was the goodness of his
father he said how many of my father's
hired servants have bred enough and
despair and I perish with Hunger it was
his father's loving generosity and
goodness that stirred this boy to get
out of the pig pen and go back home
now I know you're tempted I am tempted
Satan knows the normal desires of human
nature God's good gifts are all that we need
need
I've referred often to David and his sin
allow me to remind you of something else
about that experience
the prophet said to David you know God
gave to you your predecessor's Palace
his crown all that he had he's given you
wives he's given you children and then
said the prophet if this had not been
enough he would have given you more
when David stole his neighbor's wife
he was robbing himself he was robbing
his neighbor he could have come and said
oh God you have been so good to me I
don't need my neighbor's wife why should
I steal his little you lamb when you
have given to me so many riches and so
many good blessings
my friend you're going to get hooked on
the devil's bait if you forget the
goodness of God [Music]
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now this leads us to verse 18 of James
chapter 1 and the third barrier that God
has erected to keep us on the road of
obedience namely the barrier of God's nature
nature
James says look within and realize that
you have been born from above
James 1 18.
of his own will begot he us with the
word of Truth
that we should be a kind of first fruits
of his creatures
now the thing he's talking about here is
the new birth
when I was born the first time I was
born a child of Adam
and I inherited Adam's Fallen nature
but when I was born again born from above
above
born through faith in Jesus Christ
I was born with a brand new nature God's nature
nature
you see my friend if you have trusted
Jesus Christ as your savior then you
have been born again by the grace of God
notice please it says of his own will be
God he us I had nothing to do with my
first birth I wasn't asked for my
opinion I wasn't allowed to vote I
didn't even fill out an application
my birth was the result of decisions
made by people other than myself
my second birth involved a decision to
receive Christ as my savior but
initially this birth began in the mind
and the Heart of God now friends this is
a mystery
it's difficult for us to comprehend what
God has done in eternity but this much
we know Salvation is of the Lord
it didn't start with you it didn't start
with me it started with God salvation is
of the Lord of his own will
be God he us did you ever ask yourself
the question why does the bible use
birth as a picture of Salvation that's
an interesting subject
there are many different pictures of
Salvation in the Bible the shepherd
finding a lost sheep the woman finding a
lost coin the father welcoming a wayward
son back home
a host inviting people to come to a
great feast all of these are pictures of salvation
salvation
but our lord Jesus and James and John
talk about birth
well the essential thing there is this
birth is the result of life
you see you manufacture golf balls you
manufacture automobiles but babies are
born birth is the result of life
now when you were saved it was the
result of two spiritual parents coming
together the word of God and the spirit
of God
in John chapter 3 our lord Jesus said to
Nicodemus you must be born of the spirit
that which is born of the flesh is flesh
that which is born of the spirit is Spirit
Spirit
salvation means that the spirit of God
takes the word of God and generates
faith in the Son of God and a miracle
takes place now the theologians have a
good time discussing all of the
ramifications of this but all we need to
know right now is this that birth means life
life
and birth determines nature
James is saying you have received a new
nature now God does not change the old
nature we have nothing in the word of
God that tells us that our old nature is
any different today from the very moment
we were saved it is still corrupt the
old nature is still of Adam
the old nature still is under the
condemnation of God but the new nature
that is within us is God's Own nature
you are born of God
now in first John chapter 3
and verse 9 we are told that whatsoever
is born of God does not practice sin why
because his seed the divine nature
remains within him
there's a conflict
in the Christian Life a conflict between
an old nature and a new nature this is
graphically portrayed in Galatians
chapter 5 where it says the flesh lusts
against the spirit and the spirit lusts
against the Flesh and these are contrary
one to the other and so our lives can
become a Battlefield
now the interesting thing is this when
Temptation comes before you one of your
two Natures is going to respond either
the old nature is going to respond and
that old nature is going to lead you
into sin
or the new nature is going to respond
and that new nature is going to give you
Victory whatsoever is born of God says
first John overcomes the world
this birth that we have gives us a new
nature and nature determines appetite
that's an important concept
because we are partakers of the divine
nature our appetite is different
as you drive through the farm yards and
out into the rural areas now you'll see
the animals and they're out in the
pasture and you'll find that the Sheep
are eating the the grass and and they're
enjoying it you don't find the sheep
usually wallowing in the mud rummaging
in the in the garbage but you might find
the pigs there
the pigs enjoy wallowing in the mud and
and rummaging around and in the refuse
why a pig has a pig's nature a sheep has
a sheep's nature nature determines
appetite the old nature wants to be fed
Paul wrote to the Romans and said make
no provision for the flesh to fulfill
the desires thereof don't buy any
groceries for the flesh
don't give the flesh anything to eat in
Romans 8 Paul tells us that we have no
obligation to our flesh therefore
brethren we are debtors not to the flesh
to live after the flesh did you know
that everything the Bible says about
your old nature is negative
is that a surprise to you if you think
that there are good things in your old
nature then you're heading for trouble
because the Bible wants us to recognize
the fact that the old nature means
defeat I was a born loser
but when I was born again I was a born winner
winner
for example in Philippians chapter 3
Paul says we have no confidence in the
flesh now if you face Temptation in the
power of the flesh you say well I have
confidence I've been through this before
I've faced this before therefore I can
win watch out
let him that think of these standeth
take heed lest he fall Jesus said to his
three disciples there in the garden the
spirit indeed is willing but the flesh
is weak
having no confidence in the flesh
in Romans chapter 7 the Apostle Paul
affirms that there is in his flesh no
good thing you say well there are still
some good things in my flesh oh no no
the old nature is negative the old
Nature has nothing to contribute to your
spiritual life no confidence in the
flesh in my flesh no good thing do you
know what Jesus said about your flesh in
John chapter 6 he said it is the spirit
that gives life the flesh prophets
nothing how much profit is there to the
flesh nothing
it's all loss and so when you when you
face Temptation look within and say I
have been born again
I have been begotten of God I have a new
nature nature determines appetite I'm
going to feed the new nature the word of
God I'm going to feed my new nature in
prayer and fellowship with God and with
God's people nature determines Behavior
dogs bark because they have a dog's
nature cats meow because they have a
cat's nature
you take a fish out of the water and put
that fish in a nest the fish will die
take the bird out of the nest and put it
under the water the bird will die why
because nature determines behavior my
friend if you have a new nature and you
surrender to that new nature and you
allow that new person within you to
control you then you will get the
victory I think the little Sunday school
student put it perfectly when he was
asked the question by his teacher how do
you deal with temptation
well said the little boy when the Devil
comes and knocks at my door
I don't go answer it I send Jesus to
answer it
now that may seem rather juvenile to you
but there's a profound truth there
no confidence in the flesh I'm not going
to answer the door I'm the one who will
fail Peter said oh I have confidence in
My Flesh in my flesh are some good
things I'm courageous I'm going to get
through this temptation Jesus said no
Peter you're going to fall because
you're putting confidence in the wrong place
place
my friend the next time you face a temptation
temptation
remember now look ahead and remember
God's judgment
because the wages of sin is death
and look around and remember God's
goodness he is so good to you you do not
need anything the devil offers you and
then look within and remember that you
have a brand new nature down inside
the divine nature and this nature can
give you Victory this is why it's
important for us as Believers to read
the Bible day by day to feed this new
nature within us this is why it's so
important at the beginning of the day
that we just turn ourselves over to the
Lord did you do that today did you take
time this morning before the the day got
too busy just to turn yourself over to
the Lord to read the word of God to
worship to pray because when you do this
then the new nature takes over and then
when Temptation comes knocking at the
door the new nature goes to answer the
door and this means victory of his own
will be God he us with the word of Truth
you have a new nature within this means
you can live a new life [Music]
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